DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.0 - - 82.9 - - 80.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - -42 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1919 - - 50 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 922 - - 923 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2808 - - 939 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1058 - - 3017 - - 716 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 35 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 227 - - 220 - - 225 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1376 - - -2198 - - -1023 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4184 - - 3137 - - 1963 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6091 - - -6957 - - -6844 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8899 - - 7896 - - 7783 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 75 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1390 - - 2330 - - 2980 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.0 - - 82.9 - - 80.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.5 - - 71.9 - - 74.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.0 - - 84.7 - - 82.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 71.0 - - 73.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - -42 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1919 - - 50 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 17 - - 19 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99039 7 106 8 359 14 053 99039 91615 11 121 6 151 10 017 91615 85881 12 119 11 118 11 018 85881 81117 9 117 11 108 5 060 81117 77023 10 108 8 108 3 091 77023 73411 6 063 3 081 2 122 73411 70131 6 023 2 065 2 160 70131 67124 4 024 3 150 1 186 67124 64355 5 321 2 126 2 272 64355 61679 10 243 11 272 12 294 61679 58899 13 254 19 251 19 265 58899 56028 17 274 21 258 20 266 56028 53302 26 271 27 265 32 275 53302 50866 32 274 30 278 33 264 50866 48684 41 283 45 282 37 269 48684 46704 47 270 49 273 46 275 46704 44899 40 263 45 266 47 271 44899 43238 35 273 48 271 41 275 43238 41689 39 276 54 266 45 280 41689 40226 42 271 49 253 50 276 40226 38836 41 267 43 242 51 269 38836 37484 41 267 39 252 47 260 37484 36101 41 271 35 257 46 260 36101 34660 36 269 32 260 45 260 34660 33162 29 269 37 255 47 267 33162 31596 32 273 41 262 44 274 31596 29951 40 272 53 261 44 277 29951 28226 42 273 52 259 45 277 28226 26423 39 278 51 261 43 276 26423 24541 34 272 42 260 43 273 24541 22589 31 264 36 257 40 268 22589 20564 32 268 32 263 39 268 20564 18461 34 275 32 260 39 267 18461 16312 35 270 34 270 32 266 16312 14241 35 266 33 279 12 262 14241 12360 31 265 33 275 9 284 12360 10681 30 257 33 265 13 290 10681 9182 30 243 30 252 14 286 9182 7843 28 242 30 246 19 273 7843 6650 27 248 29 246 21 265 6650 5591 27 254 26 240 21 258 5591 4659 31 252 26 234 26 249 4659 3839 32 243 26 230 29 238 3839 3105 29*238 24 227 28 233 3105 2456 22*229 20 223 26 232 2456 1914 22 228 18 223 23 231 1914 1498 20 227 16 222 20 230 1498 1212 18 226 14 222 15 228 1212 1038 16 226 12*221 12 227 1038 939 12 225 8*220 6*225 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography